The second season of American Gods is here- and so are we! Join Anya and Alan for every episode breakdown. Download the show the morning after a new episode airs on STARZ. We dive deep into the characters, metaphors, and influences of this impressive drama.

Catch up on Hallowed Ground StoryCast while we take a break. Anya and Alan tell their personal stories as they share the most influential movies, shows, and books in their lives. Each month another story will be shared. Find out how we became friends, what inspired our careers, and why we podcast.

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Anya and Alan talk about Fake News, Metronomes, Retcons, and the meaning of snails. Can you use boot-contaminated blood in a potion? Anya lays out why this finale is just like a Buffy finale. We wrap up Season 2, thank all of you for listening, and speculate about what comes next.

Anya and Alan talk Three Beats that are Five Beats, Adaptation, and Chekhov’s shotgun. “The Treasure of the Sun” is a rich multi-layered episode that we dive into. Learn about Banshees, the origin of The Eye of Sauron, and how things went down in the book.

Anya and Alan talk about the 1990’s animated MTV show Aeon Flux created by Peter Chung. This is one of Alan’s favorite cult 90’s shows. We talk about four episodes, including one about a wall that divides two nations- which has nothing to do with American politics. At all…

Anya and Alan talk about “Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back” by Frank Schaeffer. Anya read this memoir in College and is now sharing it with the world. We talk about Abortion, our personal spiritual backgrounds, and Masturbation. So much masturbation.

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Anya and Alan met on a Buffy The Vampire Slayer forum. They each had a talent for reading deeply into pop culture, and formed a friendship over a love of podcasts and Buffy. After years of listening to podcasts they were inspired to try making their own, and they created Hallowed Ground Media.